- Family : CACTACEAE
(Cactus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NAG PHANI FAMILY / CACTUS FAMILY (नागफणी फैमिली / कैक्टस फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Cactaceae
- Synonym(s) : Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.; Cactus ficus-indica L.; Cactus compressus Salisb.; Cactus humifusus Raf.; Cactus italicus Ten.; Cactus opuntia L.; Opuntia allairei Griffiths; Opuntia arkansana Engelm. ex Hirscht; Opuntia calcicola Wherry; Opuntia carolina J.Forbes; Opuntia compressa J.F.Macbr.; Opuntia fuscoatra Engelm.; Opuntia humifusa f. jeollaensis E.J.Kim & S.S.Whang; Opuntia humifusa var. parva A.Heller; Opuntia intermedia Salm-Dyck; Opuntia intermedia A.Gray; Opuntia italica (Ten.) Pfeiff.; Opuntia opuntia (L.) H.Karst.; Opuntia prostrata Monv. & Lem. ex C.F.Först.; Opuntia rafinesquiana Urlandt; Opuntia turbinata Small; Platyopuntia vulgaris (Mill.) F.Ritter
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
- Common name : Prickly Pear
- Vernacular name :
- Mullu galli (Kannada)
- Nagajemudu (Telugu)
- Nagophenia (Oria)
- Chappathikally, Pattanathukally (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Naturalized
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Chamarajanagara district, Kolar district, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Davanagere district, Hassan district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district,Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Native : Brazil, Argentina
- World Distribution : South East America; naturalised in India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
- Saldanha, 1984
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Davanagere
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Opuntia vulgaris
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2025). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Opuntia vulgaris. Downloaded on 8 January 2026.
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